Thread: What is the better processor to have

The core2 will have a slower bus speed and at best ddr2 ram. All up slower. The clock speed of the processor isn't as "significant" as before. 2GB of RAM with expansion to 8GB is going to provide more room for growth than a 4GB RAM. But I'd be putting in 4GB anyway. If the 320GB HDD is a faster rpm than the other one it will most likely also have more cache and this with the faster spindle will improve speed too.

....any processor that has AMD on it will beat the Intel any day.......

The i3 processor is a newer design and will be the faster and more efficient unit than the core2 duo. It should also be less hungry on the laptop battery so you should get longer running times. If it was me I'd go for the i3 and boost the RAM to 4Gb. This would be a better system IMHO. My 2c worth anyway.

what is an xp downgrade

Originally Posted by richard4u2

what is an xp downgrade

Most (if not all) systems come with the newer operating system.

Microsoft offer an XP downgrade for business users mainly that run in an XP environment.

It just means that your system runs XP instead of the newer operating system

from the intel site

P8600

Launch Date Q3'08
Processor Number P8600
# of Cores 2
# of Threads 2
Clock Speed 2.4 GHz
L2 Cache 3 MB
Bus/Core Ratio 9.0
FSB Speed 1066 MHz
FSB Parity No
Instruction Set 64-bit
Lithography 45 nm
Max TDP 25 W
VID Voltage Range 1.050V-1.150V

I3-330M

Launch Date Q1'10
Processor Number i3-330M
# of Cores 2
# of Threads 4
Clock Speed 2.13 GHz
Intel® Smart Cache 3 MB
Bus/Core Ratio 16
DMI 2.5 GT/s
Instruction Set 64-bit
Instruction Set Extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Lithography 32 nm
Max TDP 35 W
Max Memory Size
(dependent on memory type) 8 GB
Memory Types DDR3-800/1066
# of Memory Channels 2
Max Memory Bandwidth 17.1 GB/s
Physical Address Extensions 36-bit

what you going to use it for ?

Originally Posted by RobHay

....any processor that has AMD on it will beat the Intel any day.......

Processor AMD Turion™ X2 Ultra Dual-Core Mobile Processor
Model ZM-86
OPN Tray TMZM86DAM23GG
OPN PIB N/A
Operating Mode 32 Bit Yes
Operating Mode 64 Bit Yes
Frequency (MHz) 2400
System Bus Speed (MHz) 3600
Wattage 35 W
L2 Cache Size 2000
Process Technology 65nm SOI
Package/Infrastructure Socket S1
Virtualization Yes

not quite

in my experience the older they get the more power they drag, to a much greater extent than the intel cpu's.

this well respected site always has good reviews and charts of all the cpus / hardware etc. against each other:

Performance Charts Processors - Benchmark
(toms hardware)